Economia
"A compelling and highly readable book. And [the] conclusion is a cheering one: the authoritarian ‘extractive’ institutions like the ones that drive growth in China today are bound to run out of steam. Without the inclusive institutions that first evolved in the West, sustainable growth is impossible, because only a truly free society can foster genuine innovation and the creative destruction that is its corollary." —Niall Ferguson, author of The Ascent of Money
Is it culture, the weather, geography? Perhaps ignorance of what the right policies are?
Simply, no. None of these factors is either definitive or destiny. Otherwise, how to explain why Botswana has become one of the fastest growing countries in the world, while other African nations, such as Zimbabwe, the Congo, and Sierra Leone, are mired in poverty and violence?
Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson conclusively show that it is man-made political and economic institutions that underlie economic success (or lack of it). Korea, to take just one of their fascinating examples, is a remarkably homogeneous nation, yet the people of North Korea are among the poorest on earth while their brothers and sisters in South Korea are among the richest. The south forged a society that created incentives, rewarded innovation, and allowed everyone to participate in economic opportunities. The economic success thus spurred was sustained because the government became accountable and responsive to citizens and the great mass of people. Sadly, the people of the north have endured decades of famine, political repression, and very different economic institutions—with no end in sight. The differences between the Koreas is due to the politics that created these completely different institutional trajectories.
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- Douglas C. North
Obituary: Douglass C. North, Nobel Prize-winning economist, 95 November 24, 2015 By Gerry Everding Douglass C. North, PhD, co-recipient of the 1993 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences and the Spencer T. Olin Professor Emeritus in Arts...
- Ferguson: A Grande Degeneração
The Great Degeneration: How Institutions Decay and Economies Die Niall Ferguson Niall Ferguson (Author) › Visit Amazon's Niall Ferguson Page Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See search results for...
- O Estado De Bem-estar E Inovação
Cant We All Be More Like Scandinavians? Asymmetric Growth and Institutions in an Interdependent World Daron Acemoglu MIT James A. Robinson Harvard Thierry Verdier Paris School of Economics September 2012. Abstract Because of their more limited...
- Crescimento Econômico – Extrativo Contra Inclusivo
The rise of China surely ranks among the most important world developments of the last 100 years. With America still trapped in its fifth year of economic hardship, and the Chinese economy poised to surpass our own before the end of this decade,...
- Por Que Nações Fracassam? É A Política, Estúpido!
Política é o principal impedimento ao crescimento e desenvolvimento dos países, de acordo com o economista Daron Acemoglu e o cientista político Jim Robinson, em seu novo livro "Why Nations Fail": "From Adam Smith and Max Weber to the current day,...
Economia
Os fundamentos do crescimento econômico
"A compelling and highly readable book. And [the] conclusion is a cheering one: the authoritarian ‘extractive’ institutions like the ones that drive growth in China today are bound to run out of steam. Without the inclusive institutions that first evolved in the West, sustainable growth is impossible, because only a truly free society can foster genuine innovation and the creative destruction that is its corollary." —Niall Ferguson, author of The Ascent of Money
Book Description
Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries: Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine?Is it culture, the weather, geography? Perhaps ignorance of what the right policies are?
Simply, no. None of these factors is either definitive or destiny. Otherwise, how to explain why Botswana has become one of the fastest growing countries in the world, while other African nations, such as Zimbabwe, the Congo, and Sierra Leone, are mired in poverty and violence?
Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson conclusively show that it is man-made political and economic institutions that underlie economic success (or lack of it). Korea, to take just one of their fascinating examples, is a remarkably homogeneous nation, yet the people of North Korea are among the poorest on earth while their brothers and sisters in South Korea are among the richest. The south forged a society that created incentives, rewarded innovation, and allowed everyone to participate in economic opportunities. The economic success thus spurred was sustained because the government became accountable and responsive to citizens and the great mass of people. Sadly, the people of the north have endured decades of famine, political repression, and very different economic institutions—with no end in sight. The differences between the Koreas is due to the politics that created these completely different institutional trajectories.
Mais
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- Douglas C. North
Obituary: Douglass C. North, Nobel Prize-winning economist, 95 November 24, 2015 By Gerry Everding Douglass C. North, PhD, co-recipient of the 1993 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences and the Spencer T. Olin Professor Emeritus in Arts...
- Ferguson: A Grande Degeneração
The Great Degeneration: How Institutions Decay and Economies Die Niall Ferguson Niall Ferguson (Author) › Visit Amazon's Niall Ferguson Page Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See search results for...
- O Estado De Bem-estar E Inovação
Cant We All Be More Like Scandinavians? Asymmetric Growth and Institutions in an Interdependent World Daron Acemoglu MIT James A. Robinson Harvard Thierry Verdier Paris School of Economics September 2012. Abstract Because of their more limited...
- Crescimento Econômico – Extrativo Contra Inclusivo
The rise of China surely ranks among the most important world developments of the last 100 years. With America still trapped in its fifth year of economic hardship, and the Chinese economy poised to surpass our own before the end of this decade,...
- Por Que Nações Fracassam? É A Política, Estúpido!
Política é o principal impedimento ao crescimento e desenvolvimento dos países, de acordo com o economista Daron Acemoglu e o cientista político Jim Robinson, em seu novo livro "Why Nations Fail": "From Adam Smith and Max Weber to the current day,...